center of the earth

Hi Cosmo,I'm sorry that you received this brief suspension. The suspension will quickly be over and then you'll be back among us. As I said to you in another thread, EvC Forum is intended to explore the claim that Creationism deserves equal status as science with evolution. Most of the forums here are science forums, and this forum, [forum=-7], is definitely one of them. Discussions here should be based upon evidence and scientific principles.Furthermore, in making the case for specific Creationist views to be accepted as science, appeals to God and/or the Bible, as you do here, can only hurt your case: As I said once before, you can argue from perspectives like this in the [forum=-11], [forum=-1] and [forum=-6] forums, but not in the science forums.Hope to see you back soon!

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

I think if you read my Message 187 you'll understand that it is not our intention to alienate those that approach the debate from a faith-based perspective. But some forums are intended to host science-based discussions, while other forums are more suitable for a faith-based approach. You and cosmo and all other Creationists are free to explore the implications of this perspective in those forums. But in the science forums, appeals to God and the Bible are not appropriate.You may think this biased and unfair, but the debate is framed by the efforts of Creationists to have their views accepted as truly scientific, and many of the forums here are intended to explore the ramifications. As you can imagine, no Creationist making the case for Creationism as science would ever go before a school board and say, "I know the earth's core is cool because God would never have made a hot core." Making such an argument would work against their fundamental position that Creationism is science.But Cosmo is making precisely that mistake by making faith-based arguments in a setting where only science-based arguments are appropriate, and it's also a violation of the Forum Guidelines. In a way, the temporary suspension is saving him from himself, because though what he was doing was hurting the cause of Creationism, I'm sure that wasn't his intent. The suspension is for a persistent guidelines violation, but this will also give Cosmo an opportunity to rethink his approach.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

There's a "Lost your password" link on the login page.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director